Egypt 11 (Galala Hills): Bartonian, Egypt

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus galalaensis Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Mesalia concava Abbass 1967
Turritella mahmoudi Abbass 1967
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Drepanocheilus orientalis Abbass 1967
see common names

Geography
Country:Egypt
Coordinates: 26.6° North, 31.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.7° North, 26.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Bartonian
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "carbonate"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:2961
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-23 07:38:30 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:05
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

130. H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]